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Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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It doesn't seem like it, but can someone shed any light on whether La Suite Numerique ( https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/en ) and the Territoire Numérique Ouvert are related?

googling a bit (as a french speaker with no specific knowledge about these): doesn't seem like it

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #2

Don't forget, "open source" is not enough: we need _lean_ open source and I do include the SDK (then programing language). That for software/protocol/file formats (and hardware programing interfaces...). It is much easier to say than done, and when you read that, often it is to apply pressure on microsoft pricing only without a real intent to start to "digitally assume themselves". Keep in mind: there is ZERO, Z-E-R-…

I agree with you that the PDF format is insane (I have had my head buried in the spec for the last month) but it has won in the marketplace. It's unlikely anything can supersede it now. Microsoft had a technically strong alternative but it was far too late.

dude... 'it has won in the market' : with those words, you have already lost to big tech...

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

#14
post #2

Don't forget, "open source" is not enough: we need _lean_ open source and I do include the SDK (then programing language). That for software/protocol/file formats (and hardware programing interfaces...). It is much easier to say than done, and when you read that, often it is to apply pressure on microsoft pricing only without a real intent to start to "digitally assume themselves". Keep in mind: there is ZERO, Z-E-R-…

I agree with you that the PDF format is insane (I have had my head buried in the spec for the last month) but it has won in the marketplace. It's unlikely anything can supersede it now. Microsoft had a technically strong alternative but it was far too late.

What was that Microsoft alternative called?

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

#16
post #6

It doesn't seem like it, but can someone shed any light on whether La Suite Numerique ( https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/en ) and the Territoire Numérique Ouvert are related?

I don't think so. "Territoire Numérique Ouvert" seems to be a private project that would give tools to the "collectivités territoriales" (i.e. mayors and local people).

La Suite Numerique is a bunch of tools for a more global population. It's mostly for government workers I guess but it looks like anyone can use it. The most famous tool is Tchap (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)>) which is used by cops in France as a secure messaging platform.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

#20

Well open-source projects are free. Why pay for editing Software while you can get it for free in 2025 ??

You're very very wrong nowadays, see https://code.gouv.fr/fr/ and https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/socle-interministeriel-....
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